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Channel crossings to the UK in 2022 pass 30,000

The figure is well above the total for the whole of 2021, when 28,561 crossings were recorded.

The Independent UK

More migrants cross Channel as annual total nears 30,000

A packed RNLI lifeboat deposited people on to the beach at Dungeness on Wednesday morning.

The Independent UK

Channel crossings resume as more migrants arrive in Kent

The latest arrivals mean the total number for the year so far is edging close to 30,000.

The Independent UK

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Calais migrants: A never-ending crisis?

Six years ago, Calais's infamous Jungle migrant camp was demolished by French police. Today, the camp itself has gone, but the migrants and the smugglers who profit from them remain. In fact, they are more numerous than ever before, with a record number of people attempting to cross the Channel…

France 24

More than 600 migrants arrive in UK after Channel rescue

One dinghy sank off the Kent coast, and 38 people were rescued from the water.

The Independent UK

Close to 40 migrants rescued from sinking boat as Channel crossings continue

Some were in the water for almost an hour after the dinghy rapidly deflated in UK waters

Evening Standard

Migrants rescued from the sea as Channel crossings continue

The Coastguard said it co-ordinated a search and rescue operation on Thursday morning, working with the Navy, Border Force and police.

The Independent UK

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More migrants cross English Channel to UK so far this year than in whole of 2021

The provisional total number of people who have made the perilous journey so far in 2022 is 28,561

Wales Online

Number of people crossing Channel in small boats exceeds 2021 total

Provisional number for 2022 so far is 28,561, despite announcement of controversial Rwanda plan

The Guardian - UK

People crossing the English Channel in small boats: Key numbers

The average number of people per boat is now above 40.

The Independent UK

More migrants crossed Channel so far this year than all of 2021, figures suggest

Last year’s total was 28,526, according to official figures.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Suella Braverman sets Home Office ‘No boats crossing the Channel’ target

New home secretary upsets civil servants with speech on migrants, trashy TV and back-to-office call

The Guardian - UK

Long winter ahead: PM Liz Truss faces energy crisis on day one

It's day one on the job for Britain's new prime minister and as Russia squeezes natural gas exports, Liz Truss faces a wartime economy. How to keep the lights on across the Channel? How to rein in inflation? As Europeans work to pool their energy purchases, tax windfall profits and…

France 24

Migrant crossings continue as numbers edge closer to topping last year’s total

Migrant crossings continued for a fifth day in a row on Tuesday.

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Plain sailing from the French coast

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Pressure rises for new British PM as migrant Channel crossings hit new record

More than 1,100 people crossed the Channel from France to England in small boats at the weekend, new British figures show. Former foreign secretary Liz Truss, who takes over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on Tuesday, has promised to take a hardline against irregular migration.

The Independent UK

Patel defends Rwanda plan as migrant crossings top 1,000 in a day

Ministry of Defence figures show 1,160 people were detected on Sunday in 25 boats.

The Independent UK

Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed Channel to UK in 20 small boats in one day

More than 26,000 people have now made the journey so far this year, nearing 2021’s total of 28,526.

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The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel wants to restart controversial small boat ‘pushbacks’

Home secretary looks again at ‘lethal’ tactic to deter asylum seekers as Rwanda deportation policy comes up for judicial review

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Rescue Nearly 190 Migrants Trying to Cross Channel

French officials rescued nearly 190 migrants trying to cross the Channel, the stretch of water between northern France and southern England, in a series of operations Saturday the authorities said. In the early hours of Saturday, a navy patrol recovered around 60 people off the French coast, said Premar, the…

The Independent UK

Baby and young boy among 221 people to cross Channel in small boats

The latest arrivals bring the number of people to have made the crossing so far in 2022 to 25,264.

The Independent UK

More migrants arrive in Kent as Channel crossings resume

Meanwhile, the government has unveiled an oversight board for its plan to send migrants to Rwanda.

Daily Mirror

New Legoland to open - and £345million theme park will be its 'biggest in Europe'

The new Legoland is just across the Channel in Belgium, near Charleroi Airport, and will be the equivalent size of 98 football pitches, Merlin Entertainments Group has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Channel crossings by small boat hit highest monthly total on record

In August, 8,644 people reached the UK, the highest monthly number since 6,961 arrived last November

The Independent UK

Priti Patel ‘misled parliament’ on Channel asylum seekers – but faces no investigation over ministerial code

Exclusive: Home secretary refuses to correct record after claiming most boat migrants are ‘economic migrants’ when 94 per cent are asylum seekers

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